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Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Nov. 6, #1236
Looking for the most recent Wordle answer?Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections and Strands puzzles.There are plenty of otheronline word gamesnow, but I still play the New York TimesWordlegame every day. These days, it's not only an old friend, it's also a nice warm-up for Connections, Strands and the rest.Also, we'veranked all the letters in the alphabet by popularity, if you want to use this list to decide on your best start words.Everyday Wordle tipsI've written a lot about Wordle -- fromcovering its 1,000th wordto my list of thebest starter wordsto ahelpful two-step strategyto news aboutcontroversial word changes. I've even rounded upwhat I learned playing the hit online word puzzle for a full year. If you're rethinking your need for the actual answer, you might try tips from one of those stories.Still need a starter word? One person told me they just look around and choose a five-letter object they've spotted as their starter word -- such as COUCH or CHAIR. I tend to stick to starter words that have the most popular letters used in English words. I like TRAIN as a starter, though I have a friend who uses TRAIL. I've read that peopleuse the financial term ROATE, but I like to use words I actually know.What is Wordle?If you read this far, you know how to play. You have six chances to guess a five-letter word, and the game gives you feedback as to whether the letters you've guessed are in the puzzle or not, and if they're in the same spot where you guessed they are. The New York Timesbought the game from creator Josh Wardlefor seven figures in 2022. Wardle famously created the game for his partner, and let her narrow down the 12,000 five-letter words in the English language to just 2,500, creating the database of answers. It was convenient, too, that he has a name that plays off "word."A Times spokesperson told me it lists the very first Wordle as appearing on June 19, 2021, and the papercelebrated the game's 1,000th word on March 15. Spoiler: That 1,000th word was ERUPT. As in, "Dad will erupt if the Wordle is so tough he loses his streak." Today's Wordle hints Before we show you today'sWordleanswer, we'll give you some hints. If you don't want a spoiler, look away now.Wordle hint No. 1: RepeatsToday's Wordle answer has no repeated letters.Wordle hint No. 2: VowelsThere is one vowel and one sometimes vowel in today's Wordle answer.Wordle hint No. 3: First letterToday's Wordle answer begins with the letter T.Wordle hint No. 4: NameToday's Wordle answer is the first name of a character in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.Wordle hint No. 5: MeaningToday's Wordle answer can refer to something done in a truthful way.TODAY'S WORDLE ANSWERToday's Wordle answer is TRULY.Yesterday's Wordle answerYesterday's Wordle answer, Nov. 5, No. 1235, was OCTET.Recent Wordle answersNov. 1, No. 1231: SIXTHNov. 2, No. 1232: SNOOPNov. 3, No. 1233: BLAZENov. 4, No. 1234: VINYL
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